The Beach Cover-up

Finished, washed, dye set, dried, and blocked!

The colors are just ever-so-slightly less vibrant, but really, it's only noticeable if I hold the leftover yarn next to it.

Now, can somebody with a brain tell me why my pictures are consistently cut off on the right side in blogger? I LIKE the medium size. I DON'T WANT to use the small size, it looks like a thumbnail and it's annoying!

This has been driving me crazy for months, and I would gladly sacrifice right column width to make it right! (It looks fine in Preview, it's the column width that needs tweaking. I considered changing templates, but I have a sneaking suspicion that it won't make a difference.) 

Anyone?

Beuller?

Sunflowers

We love sunflowers. We love to grow them, to look at them, and to eat the seeds of them!

We even grow some strange, but pretty, versions of them  These are Moulin Rouge, and they are gorgeous!

We cut off the heads of the regular variety and hung them to dry.

Soon there will be toasted, salted sunflower seeds.

Yum.

My Motivators

I've just about had it with the whole jelly thing.

And, ugh!, I'm only on the second 1/2 bushel!

Got these guys in on the act today:

bubble, bubble, toil and trouble......

eek. The front of my stove is dirty.

HE didn't get a turn. It is food, after all! Food and five year old boys do not mix, unless it's eating!

Sure smells like fall in my house!

Two down, two to go.